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单词 reescate
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reescatev.

Origin: Probably either (i) a borrowing from Italian. Or (ii) a borrowing from Catalan. Or (iii) a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Italian riscattare; Catalan rescatar; Spanish rescatar.
Etymology: Probably < either Italian riscattare (a1348), Catalan rescatar (13th cent.), or Spanish rescatar (14th cent.), with remodelling after words in re- prefix; the Italian, Catalan, and Spanish words are probably ultimately < an unrecorded post-classical Latin form *reexcaptare < classical Latin re- re- prefix + ex- ex- prefix1 + captare to take, seize (see captate v.). Compare also Portuguese resgatar (15th cent.). Compare earlier resgat n.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To redeem, ransom.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [verb (transitive)]
acquit?c1225
raim?c1225
to buy out1297
borrowa1300
ransoma1382
to put (a person) to (his or her) finance1418
raquite1454
loose1473
redeem?a1475
overbuya1525
redempa1525
remerce1559
reescate1645
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. xxxii. 35 The great honor you have acquir'd by your gallant comportment in Algier in reescating so many English slaves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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